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We list new articles in The Mirror, new products that we have added that you might otherwise miss and any Facepainting News we have picked up on our travels! RANT ALERT!
Due to new Royal Mail prohibitions we can only send one aerosol at a time. We cannot send any aerosol by air, this includes Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and any other islands. We cannot send more than 350ml in an aerosol so Kryolan Fixier Spray (400ml) is now by collection from our Brixton address only. We think this is ridiculous.
New Body Painting brushes designed by Raphaelle Fieldhouse 
Raph is one of the very best bodypainters in the world, and has developed these super brushes with chunky acrylic handles that won't chip or flake like some others do.
With all the excitement over split cakes, we are here to help you make your own. We have several containers from little boxes to handy palettes, and now the Jumbo Palette! There are 4 rectangular spaces that are perfect for 'rainbows' and 4 round spaces that are perfect for your most popular duos of 2 colours for blending such as yellow and orange for tigers. The 8 smaller circles are perfect for little pots of metallic colours for details. 
 
and a nice new lidded box for making your own set of splits too
And alongside our budget sponge stick sets, we have a new big sponge dauber for making colourful one-stroke spots for conversion into whatever your imagination dictates!  
Rectangular sponge sticks are now being given away FREE!!!
with any purchase of any DFX Split Cake
Small and Smaller only - order in the shop with your split cakes
Silverline Brushes
We found some very nice budget brushes in unusual styles for lots of different effects.
Look in New Products - there is a full set on offer too.
Cat Finlayson of bodypaintingbycat.com certainly loved her small dagger which she put to immediate use on her Woodland Satyr at IMATS. Wow!
TEMPTU HAS LANDED AT FACEPAINT UK - AT LAST!
For spectacular Temporary Tattoos by hand or airbrush. And if all that is too much trouble, we have the new 'felt tip' style semi-permanent tattoo pens from Stargazer, and their rather nice vinyl stencils too.   ....and this is a handy little product - stronger than normal gel, it comes with it's own applicator. The bottles are tiny, holding just 2.9ml but it's really useful stuff inside, you can achieve a nice glitter tattoo that will stay on for a while, but also wash off . 
BRILLIANT HALLOWEEN STEP BY STEPS!!!!!
Get 5 spooky with these step by steps at Woolworths. If only we could all paint that fast! If the link doesn't work for you, search Bibi Freeman on http://www.youtube.com
Learn 'how to' from the artist direct at The London School of Facepainting OUR FACEPAINTING KITS HAVE ARRIVED - 10 DIFFERENT SIZES TO SUIT EVERY BUDGET AND DESIRE
CRAZY CONTACT LENSES ARE ON THEIR WAY....ARE HERE!!!!! 
Popular contact lenses have arrived for that finishing 'Petrifeye-ing' look. We've added some new styles recently. Some are UV reactive - we also have i Glow gels for skin that are really freaky, and truly GLOW IN THE DARK!!!
WE NOW HAVE 'PRACTICE SKIN' PADS FOR PRACTICING YOUR LINE WORK AND THOSE DELICIOUS 'ONE STROKE' TECHNIQUES. Hints and Tips: Dark colours (especially DFX) may be hard to shift, but if all else fails, ordinary vegetable oil does the trick! Apparently so does Shaving Foam....
We also have our new 'Magic Sponges' for cleaning - they work well on the pads and heads!
 
Our 'New Products' section is full of bright ideas NEW 'NUANCE' RANGE OF GROWN UP COLOURS FROM PARADISE!
These are interesting shades, Jinny created them and says:
"NUANCE is a French word whose English translation means a “subtle distinction in tone or gradation”.
I created the NUANCE range because I often had to mix and blend several colors to achieve the exact shade I envisioned. NUANCE makes it quicker and easier for artists to expand their palettes …without the mixing."
NUANCE is equally well-suited for simple designs on children to amazing adult face and body makeup.
NUANCE colors are more “earthy” and “rich” for truly enhanced visual effects. Your own designs will look superb using these brilliant, custom looking NUANCE shades.
NEW GLITTER TATTOO KITS
We have a small and a large Pro Kit, both including our self-adhesive stencils - great value for a guaranteed return. We also have a 'how to' guide here. THEY'RE HERE!
The world has turned multi-colour with the new Split Cakes from Diamond FX. Some great effects can be acheived, the colours are bright and opaque, and can be used with a flat brush for just a couple of the colours or a wide sponge for them all. We now stock DFX sponges which are a little wider than the usual sponge for full loading of all the stripes of colour, and our own fine grade sponge ready cut for you to use.
The only limit is your creativity..... NEW COLOURS FOR DECEMBER
   
New range of angled Sable brushes from Grimas may give you a new angle on painting :)
We now also stock the 10g refills for the DFX palettes you already have, or you can build your own customised palette with the empty 6 or 12 space palettes! Metallic Pink now back in stock :)
MARK REID 'BOYS WILL BE BOYS' DVDs
AND NOW.. CORSETS!
 
Lots of painters struggle with designs for boys, here's the answer! Having grown up with 4 brothers, Mark can not only show you how to paint 'Boy Stuff', he knows what they like too!
No pun intended, but this new DVD is something the 'other' grown-up boys would be interested in we think!
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| There is a new category in the menu so you can see all new products all at a glance! And products are also now listed by brand if you want to look for them that way - go to the end of the menu on the left. Everyone that wants to know how to do a Gold or Silver body paint, wonder no more. Everything you need to know, click here: GOING FOR GOLD!
We also now have Kryolan Silver, Gold, Copper and Bronze liquids in stock in 3 sizes, and LIQUID BRIGHTNESS in Gold and Silver is a new addition to our shelves.
Viva Brilliant Colour Palettes These new rather posh palettes from Kryolan are the current topic for discussion. A high price for a small qauntity, but they are lush. They can be used wet or dry and all the colours have a lovely pearelscent sparkle. Using them wet will strengthen the colour and adhesion. 
GET ORGANISED!
New plastic boxes to house your paints at a super price! They come in white, pink and blue for you to 'colour code' the contents. Add Velcro or Blue-tack to the bottom of your paints if you need to stop them floating around. The lids open flat so that one will fit into the lid of another to save space on your table.
The following products will fit:
Paradise 40g, Kryolan 30ml (without lids) 15ml & 8ml, Grimas 25ml & 60ml (without lid), Diamond FX 32g and 40g (without lid and separable screw base) the DFX large Split Cakes, Funky Foxes and 18ml Snazaroo paints. It is best to have larger sizes without lids as the closed box will seal the paints nicely and make setting up and leaving so much easier than fiddling around with all those mismatched cracked and mucky lids.
 
We found some swish deeper black cases too, one is A4 suitable for all paints, one small A5 size which is great to house your split cakes. Both come with 12 little velcro dots to secure your paints in place.
We are full of bright ideas!
  Our popular DaVinci soap now comes in a smaller tin, and we now have the Nova brush in Size 2
after the one in the kit was so well liked. We now also sell the wooden
handled Junior brushes used at Wembley (for those in the know) and
daVinci have recently developed a brand new synthetic fibre used in
their bright green handled brushes, now in stock in lots of sizes.
There are also 3 new sizes of the Funky Foxes brushes that are still at a budget price. We've
realised that there are 3 shades of Funky Foxes Turquiose too, a bit
late in the day but here they are - all lovely and all useful as it's
not a colour that many brands do. 
There is extensive valuable information on all our brushes, click on the link at the top of the Brush category in Products or on that link you just read past. We have sourced a fantastic acrylic mirror that won't shatter, but looks just like real glass. It is possible to cut this into a smaller size with a jigsaw, now in a more useful A5 size.
There are very pretty tiara and wand sets to turn normal little girls into sweet princesses on special offer.
Hibiscrub (for cleaning and sanitizing sponges and brushes) is now available in 500ml, this is hard to find in the shops. Unbelievably, there has been a second price rise for Mehron products hot on the heels of the first.
The sound of face painters falling of their chairs is audible. We do not know the cause of such outrage. |
| Read more about our Facepaint UK Wound Kit in a First Aid case by one of our lovely customers, Fiona Lewis.
MORE GORE....
NOW IN STOCK - DODGE WAX!
There is a bigger range of our popular new
synthetic brushes and we now stock everything you need for easy glitter
tattoos including self adhesive stencils and YBody Pink Glue.
Also Black Colorini now in stock for popular temporary tattoos.
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|  Facepaint UK now has it's own reasonably priced glitter, and fantastic little bottles that have a twist closing so you can adjust the flow, and not lose the lid! The bottles also come in a version with a very fine nozzle for glue for glitter tattoos, henna, gel - anything - fill them yourself!
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At last there is a full size book from Nick & Brian Wolfe, and we have it! MORE FROM THE TERRIBLE TWINS COMING SOON! 
AND STILL IN STOCK!
In a smaller format, 15 step By Step designs, all useful and not complicated. Not as good production values as the previous books, but also bound to lie flat, the first with thinner paper. There is also a book produced with Nick and Brian for Disguise Stix (otherwise known as 'Sh*t on a Stick') - the designs are good, the product is not.
| PICK YOUR NOSE!! 
Great ideas, great title!
HOLIDAY DESIGNS NOW HERE!
  
 
 
Great book for sourcing design ideas!
Now out of stock but you cane get it on Amazon
| IT'S NOT AN ILLUSION!
We stock the fab Illusion Magazine,
Issue 16 NOW IN STOCK!
Issue 1 is now sold out, all other back issues are still available. Find out more about Illusion Magazine which will be of interest to face and body painters.
ILLUSION & FRIENDS 2 NOW IN STOCK!
| CHECK OUT THE E-ZINE
(ONLINE MAGAZINE) CALLED
BRUSHSTROKES
The first issue is currently available free so take a look at what you could be getting into! It has been consistently interesting and useful, the Brushstrokes team have an amazing ability to find exceptional and unusual worldwide talent, bringing their work to your computer screen!
Facepaint UK Members get a 10% discount on annual subscriptions.
You can buy it in our shop now! 
After an overlong wait we have new glitter colours!!!!!! Yummy.
The holographic purple is to die for. | LONDON SCHOOL OF FACEPAINTING NEWS!
We are now registering students as members when they have booked a class. This gives them a chance to look at all the useful info in the Members area of the site before their first class. Our thanks to the student that so sensibly suggested it! A case of ask, and it shall be given? A discount on booking 3 classes at once is now available, and very popular. | FARDEL UV LIQUIDS ARE BACK!
Most are now in stock in full colourful glory. Fardel Cremes are still by Special Order, but some are in stock. Let us know if you want to order these, they may take a little bit longer to send out. We will happily send you colour charts to choose from by email.
BEN NYE LUMIÈRE PALETTES
These are truly gorgeous colours, very strong and shiny, a little goes a long way which it would need to at the cost!
We are entering the realm of
make-up artist fancy prices here.
In 6 and 12 colours. A real treat.
| 2 new bodypainting books are gracing our shelves...
  A little pricey, but worth it if body painting is your thing, or you've ever struggled to understamd airbrushing. | PRICE REDUCTIONS 
We keep tweaking our delivery charges to be as fair as possible, and have reduced them, yet again AND increased when they go to the next category! Our new brackets are £2, £3, £4 and £6, the lowest ever. We've slashed the price of all our RE-USABLE Mylar stencils and body art paint. Each item has £1.50 off our already discounted original price. What a bargain!
Get some before they sell out, some designs have already gone. Our Temporary Tattoo inks are at clearance prices.
Limited colours left.
100 GRIMAS SPONGES NOW A
LOWER PRICE! BIBI'S WEDGE SPONGES NOW AT A NICE LOW PRICE! REDUCTIONS ON OTHER ITEMS - OUR PRACTICE PADS ARE CHEAPER, AND SOME DFX PALETTES ARE ON SPECIAL OFFER TOO.
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NEW GRIMAS PEARL EYESHADOWS AND LIPSTICKS HAVE ARRIVED
The Bronze 781 eyeshadow is especially nice, find all of them around Page 5 of Make-up in the shop, Lipsticks have their own category. The new Grimas eyelashes are superb, some interesting new designs that we've not seen anywhere else and a low price too, always a bonus.
| NEW INTERFERENZ COLOURS!!!
These new gentle Pearl Duotones from Kryolan are going down a storm, first seen in use by Lynne Jamieson they are hard to come by, but we have finally got our mits on them. Look under White, there are 4 different tones. Also new, 070G - a pearl white specially to please Sharon Curtis :) So now there are 4 Interferenz pearly whites -
Silver, Pearl, Pearl White and 070G roughly in that order of pearl to white-ness. | All colours of Mehron liquid paint in stock, some painters really like these, and even mix them with cakes instead of water for better coverage, especially for brushwork. They can also be diluted with Barrier Spray, Mixing Liquid or distilled water for use in an airbrush. | At last we have a regular supply of spray bottles that are perfect for face painters and the sought after pocket colour wheel too. Our 'How to Draw' books are back in stock! | Don't forget out famous Rainbow Paint! in Multi of course.
WE ARE NOW OFFERING A PASTEL VERSION!
You get 3 sponges of the perfect size with both. | Our favourite Stargazer pink & black EXTRA LONG lashes are now in stock, and there are lots of new styles too.
BABY WIPES INFO IN THE MIRROR! LOOK FOR AGGIE ON PAGE 2. |
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Weights and Measures In response to our frustrated American shoppers (and some Europeans!) we are providing the following information:
It can be confusing that the brands we sell are offered in many different configurations of measurement from grams to ounces for dry products and from fluid ounces to millilitres for liquid products, and apples are difficult to compare with pears and/or oranges (or even tomatoes). To add the the confusion, an Imperial fluid oz is different from an American fluid oz. However, most products that we sell that are measured in fluid ounces are from USA, whereas those from Europe tend to be measured in millilitres. For converting ml to US fluid ounces use this link, for converting ml to UK fluid oz use this:
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